Biocatalysts Ltd announces key appointments

The specialty enzyme manufacturer from Wales has appointed Craig Galeozzie as Operations Manager, Craig Phillips as Financial Controller and Dr Andrew Ellis as Technical Director, to support expansion in Cardiff

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Making cancer less cancerous

Blocking a single gene renders tumors less aggressive, Johns Hopkins researchers find

Gene mutations associated with myopia identified

Mutations in a gene that helps regulate copper and oxygen levels in eye tissue are associated with a severe form of nearsightedness, researchers report

SCES improves accuracy of lung tumor images

Researchers find new, more accurate way of imaging lung cancer tumors with called single click ensemble segmentation (SCES)

Study uncovers mechanism for how grapes reduce heart failure associated with hypertension

Grapes exert beneficial effects by influencing gene activities and metabolic pathways that improve the levels of glutathione, the most abundant cellular antioxidant in the heart

Contacts uncomfortable? Change lens type or care

About half of patients see improvement by switching to a different lens/solution combination, says a small study that provides scientific support for a clinical approach commonly recommended by eye care professionals

Study tackles targeted surveillance for C. difficile

Targeted screening for C. difficile upon hospital admission could potentially identify most colonized patients

No link between anesthesia, dementia in elderly

Those who had dementia and underwent surgery that included general anesthesia did not get worse, and those who did not have dementia and had surgery did not develop dementia as a result, according to study

Spinal anesthesia improves hip, knee replacement outcomes

A lower rate of complications including pulmonary compromise, pneumonia, infections, and acute renal failure when neuraxial anesthesia is used, study finds